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In Jerusalem's Old City, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theofilos III blesses a Christian pilgrim after the Washing of the Feet ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed to be the burial site of Jesus Christ. The ceremony is a reenactment of Jesus' act of humility when he washed the feet of his 12 apostles. (Photo by Oded Balilty / AP)

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Six U.S., 4 British troops killed in Iraq

Ten coalition troops were killed in Iraq over the last two days, four of them in the deadliest attack on British troops since November, the U.S. and British militaries said.

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CNN

FBI: Agent may have been shot by fellow FBI agent

Preliminary information suggests an FBI agent killed during an attempted arrest of three bank-robbery suspects in New Jersey may have been accidentally shot by an another agent, the bureau said.

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Interactive: Inside the FBI

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CBS News

America's broken-down army

For most Americans, the Iraq war is both distant and never ending. For Private Matthew Zeimer, it was neither. Shortly after midnight on Feb. 2, Zeimer had his first taste of combat in Iraq.

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TIME

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U.S. accuses Iran of 'hostage diplomacy'

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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BBC

FDA extends pet food recall to include dry biscuits

A recall of North American pet food linked to at least 16 animal deaths was extended after U.S. investigators traced a suspect ingredient to dog biscuits made by Sunshine Mills.

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Bloomberg

Sen. Dodd wants probe after Bush skirts Senate on appointment

Sen. Christopher J. Dodd is challenging President Bush's appointment of a businessman to be U.S. ambassador to Belgium, saying it was "underhanded and an abuse of executive authority."

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Journal Inquirer

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Many presidents have used the recess option

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USA Today

Nearly two-thirds of cars fail test

Of 75 current car models, only 22 of them were rated as good for rear-crash protection, according to testing conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

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KPTV

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Rear-end crash test results

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CBS News

NATION

Cruise ship hits rocks, passengers evacuated

Hundreds of vacationers, including dozens of students from the U.S. and Canada, were evacuated in a massive rescue effort after a Greek cruise ship struck rocks off the island of Santorini and took on water.

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International Herald Tribune

Three charged in London bombings

Three men arrested by police last month will be charged in the July 7, 2005, terrorist attacks on London's transit system that killed 52 people.

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CNN

Ukraine PM asks Austria to help

Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych asked Austria to mediate in his crippling political dispute with President Viktor Yushchenko.

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BBC

POLITICS

Gingrich clarifies bilingual 'Ghetto' remark

Newt Gingrich, the former House leader mulling a presidential bid, said his "word choice was poor" when he equated bilingual education with "the language of living in a ghetto."

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USA Today

Obama's fundraising success gives him a respite from stumbles

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's report that he raised $25 million from 100,000 donors couldn't have come at a better time for him.

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Bloomberg

Military budget in bull's-eye

Nearly a year ago, Army officials warned that a disaster was looming because of congressional delays in passing a war spending bill. Within weeks, they claimed funding for Iraq would be gone.

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Newsday

BUSINESS

IMF: World economy resilient to U.S. growth slump

The global economy would withstand a slowdown in U.S. growth as dependence on exports to America diminished, the International Monetary Fund says.

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The Age

Kerkorian offers $4.5 billion for Chrysler

Billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian, fresh off his failed attempt to reshape General Motors, offered $4.5 billion for DaimlerChrysler's struggling U.S. auto division.

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MarketWatch

SPORTS

Dice-K lives up to hype

Japanese sensation Daisuke Matsuzaka lived up to all the hype in his regular season debut, striking out 10 in seven innings of one-run ball as Boston downed Kansas City, 4-1.

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Royals fall to Matsuzaka

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ESPN

Mickelson and Els toil at Augusta

Defending champion Phil Mickelson and two-time runner-up Ernie Els endured poor starts to their Masters campaigns. The 36-year-old's problems continued on the back nine.

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BBC Sport

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Mickelson relishes battle with Tiger at Masters

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ITN

HEALTH

Conjoined twins separated in groundbreaking Thai surgery

Two 9-month-old Thai girls have been separated in what the hospital said was the world's first successful operation on conjoined twins whose hearts and livers were connected.

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France 24

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Extreme medical cases

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ABC News

Study: Mediterranean diet wards off allergies

A Mediterranean-style diet rich in fruits, vegetables and olive oil can help reduce childhood respiratory allergies and asthma, researchers reported.

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San Diego Union-Tribune

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Looking for Jesus: refugees in faith

Growing numbers reject the institutional church but want to follow its founder, Jesus Christ.

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The Age

'Porn & Pancakes' event helps fight X-rated addictions

With some 4.2 million pornographic Web sites to explore, many Christians find themselves unable to turn away. "Porn & Pancakes" was created to help Christians with porn addiction.

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Columns And Op-Ed

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The terrible grief and the empty tomb

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Times

Hostage diplomacy

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Chicago Tribune

Iraq's real 'civil war'

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Wall Street Journal

The Edwardses and upselling sympathy

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Swampland

Let Obama take the lead

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Newsweek

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Guilty until proven innocent

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Real Clear Politics

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U.S. helped free Iranian diplomat

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New York Sun

Man the dikes for climate change

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Christian Science Monitor

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Iraq: Follow the money

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Le Monde diplomatique

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How Iran played the hostage 'crisis'

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Salon.com

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GOOD NEWS

Oregon deputy donates kidney to deputy brother

Two brothers, both deputies in Oregon, share much more than a uniform after one brother gave the gift of life to the other.

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KPTV

'Mileage Maniacs' beat Toyota engineers

Nenpimania, Japanese for 'mileage maniacs,' are hybrid owners who compete against each other to squeeze as much as 115 miles per gallon out of their cars.

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Bloomberg

NATION

Without immigration, big metros would shrink

Without immigrants pouring into the nation's big metro areas, places such as New York, Los Angeles and Boston would be shrinking as native-born Americans move farther out.

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San Diego Union-Tribune

L.A. enlists INS in war on gangs

Suspected gang members who are in the country illegally and are arrested for even minor crimes could face quicker deportation under new policies unveiled in Los Angeles.

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Los Angeles Times

Former first lady Betty Ford hospitalized

Former first lady Betty Ford is recovering from unspecified surgery, the office of the late President Gerald Ford said.

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USA Today

ENVIRONMENT

Scientists in war of words over global warming report

Scientists and diplomats are haggling over the fine print of an alarming report that will warn how global warming will warm seas, melt glaciers and change weather patterns.

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Independent

U.N. global warming report indicts humans as cause

The newest United Nations assessment of humans' role in global warming is confident that greenhouse gas emissions are at least partly responsible for a host of changes already under way.

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Sydney Morning Herald

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Designer Jon faces several new sex assault charges

Prosecutors filed 13 new criminal charges against a celebrity fashion designer accused of sexually assaulting women and girls. Anand Jon now faces 27 felony and five misdemeanor counts.

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Chicago Tribune

Anna Nicole's doctor being investigated

The doctor who authorized the 11 prescription medications discovered in Anna Nicole Smith's Florida hotel room the day she died is being investigated by the California Medical Board.

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People

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Birkhead's battle

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E! Online

Indonesia Playboy editor cleared of indecency

Judges in Jakarta threw out a high-profile case against the editor of Indonesian Playboy magazine who was accused of violating the Muslim nation's indecency laws.

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Guardian

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Southwest forecast: Expect 90 years of drought

Human-induced change in Earth's atmosphere will leave the American Southwest in perpetual drought for the next 90 years, a new study finds.

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LiveScience

Microsoft billionaire to become world's fifth space tourist

Charles Simonyi, whose two decades as a software developer at Microsoft made him a billionaire, will become the world's fifth space tourist when he is launched aboard a Russian Soyuz craft.

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Red Herring

Solar radio bursts could cripple GPS

The National Weather Service has issued a warning that unusually strong solar activity is threatening the integrity of GPS systems.

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Wired

EDUCATION

Study eyes effect of tech on classroom

Going high-tech doesn't lead to higher math and reading scores, according to a federal study.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

College officers profited from tie with lending companies

Administrators at universities were reported to have owned stock in a lender that they placed on their "preferred" list for students.

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Inside Higher Ed

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A Buddhist monk strolls in a fashionable Ginza street where he goes begging in Tokyo. (Photo by Junji Kurokawa / AP)

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